Books Quote by William Styron

A lot of attention has been paid in Latin America to the new generation of nonfiction writers, authors like Julio Villanueva Chang, Diego Osorno,…

— Daniel Alarcon

Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible.

— Lee Gutkind

There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get…

— A. Scott Berg

If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies…

— Dorothy Parker

Because all writers are human beings first and writers second, my guess is that any advice for living with a writer is about the…

— Clyde Edgerton

All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to convey an…

— Ilan Stavans

Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by…

— Stacy Schiff

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

— Michael Korda

The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfiction—that is, factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a…

— Lee Gutkind

When you're researching things that have happened, the clear narrative arc is not there already. This is the problem of writing nonfiction for me…

— Misha Glenny

I feel the written word, poetry and literature is just one of the most beautiful things that human beings do. So we have to…

— Helen Mirren

Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative,…

— Matt de la Pena

Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment.

— Mario

I have friends who are writers, but we don't tend to talk about literature very much. It's just not part of my process; I…

— Donald Miller

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

— Jonathan Ames